Bye Bye Army APCs

**R6_kid:Me** · 19th November 2006, 19:59

sAsLEX is right, doubt it would have been an NH-90 you saw, ours havent started being built yet! And to be honest, if there was one in NZ i would have seen pics - shit like that circulates really quick through the RNZAF email system. The pic posted was a photoshop effort for publicity.

I'm betting on the SH-2G seasprite being the one on show, like the man said, pretty cool, pretty quiet, and do their job quite well!

As for the M113's werent ours M113A1's, the US are up to M113A3 (with all sorts of different variants on the base model)... it would have been a better idea to sell half the M113's we had, use that money to go towards updating them, then complementing them with the LAVIII.

The new Pinzgauers are a mean peice of work, and from what my mate in the army says the fully armoured troop movers have been getting rolled over quite a bit by newbie army drivers that dont think, yet they just get rolled back over and keep on driving... fuck yeh!

**jahrasti** · 19th November 2006, 20:50

Originally Posted by Sniper

Spud is right. The Americans got the LAV GenII, we got the LAV GenIII

NO, what the Aussies have (Bison apc, 25mm gun car) are gen 2. The Stryker is a gen 3 hull, go and have a look.
If you want to be pedantic then we have the lav3.5 because they have the latest(at the time) Thermal sight for the driver.

**Mr. Peanut** · 20th November 2006, 01:34

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

I can see it now.

Oh Uncle Helen... your Air conditioning installers are here...

**Exotix** · 20th November 2006, 07:10

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

(no offence, Sarge)

is Our Glorious Leader even on KB anymore? I have not seen him online in weeks

**Mr. Peanut** · 20th November 2006, 08:42

Originally Posted by Hoon

The NZLAV only stops up to .50 cal AP.

Only? I'd like to see you stop 50 cal...

**Pixie** · 20th November 2006, 10:38

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

we useto be a 4 frigate navy one was always in refit, one on station in NZ waters somewhere and the other two could and would be anywhere else in the world

-projecting NZ's influence in the world